{"id":9705,"date":"2016-05-28T16:17:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T20:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troutsfarm.com\/latest\/?p=9705"},"modified":"2016-06-19T18:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T22:31:12","slug":"2015-may-trip-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/2015-may-trip-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Trip North"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like lemmings, we are drawn north each year into the family vortex. Bob rents a car, books rooms, and peppers\u00a0the route with diversions – May 13 through 19, 2016<\/h4>\n

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THE\u00a0SCENIC ROUTE<\/h3>\n

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We chose the back way to Pennsylvania this year, up through the Shenandoah Valley and past Mt. Jackson, Virginia with its apple-basket water tower. We also\u00a0passed an oversize load that really was huge.<\/p>\n

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SHIPPENSBURG<\/h3>\n

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Seven hours later Bob pulled into the parking lot behind Shippen Place in Shippensburg, PA where we settled into the top floor turret room.<\/p>\n

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FAMILY VISIT AND REUNION<\/h3>\n

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The point of our trip is to spend some time with Camille’s parents and brothers and their families with a\u00a0Family Visit<\/a>\u00a0 and a\u00a0Family Reunion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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FARMER MATT<\/h3>\n

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Carlisle is a short drive from Shippensburg, so Bob\u00a0paid a visit to Matt and Jenn at Dickinson College Farm. Their anaerobic digester gets bigger every year – what a gas!<\/p>\n

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ANOTHER FARM<\/h3>\n

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So to speak. Brother Jim took these photos of the approach to Camille’s parents ‘farm’, a place that has gone to seed.<\/p>\n

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FULL OF MEMORIES<\/h3>\n

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Joe, Mike, and Jim grew up on this acre snuggled between large tracks of Amish farmland. Inside the house are many memories, including this photo of twenty-one year old Janice a.k.a. Mom\u00a0with her first baby, little Camille in a crocheted bonnet with a puff ball on top.<\/p>\n

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NED!<\/h3>\n

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We drove through DC on the way home to spend a couple of days with our good friend Ned. It was cold and mostly wet which didn’t deter Camille and Ned from taking a long walk to the Great Falls of the Potomac.<\/p>\n

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CROAKER LANDING<\/h3>\n

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After leaving Ned’s, we pushed south towards Williamsburg, stopping at Croaker Landing for old times sake. We came here often during the\u00a0year\u00a0we lived around the corner in Woodland Farms.<\/p>\n

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